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At Local Libraries, Teens Pursue – and Publish – Their Passions

Educator Innovator

Rachel Kaplan, a 16-year-old from Northbrook, Ill., Both teens followed their passions at the library, during Teen Tech Week 2014. This year, Teen Tech Week took on a DIY theme, and libraries across the country offered high- and low-tech avenues for teens to create their own projects. By Maureen Kelleher.

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How to Blend Learning with Play for a Kid-friendly Summer

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The importance of reading to education success is well-documented. Collect these into a digital library that kids can access online, see what friends are reading over the summer, and find books that appeal to them. Good choices include: Hopscotch (an app). Kodable (an app). Lego Fix the Factory (an app). the Foos (an app).

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That). Siegler: “ The End of the Library.” Students would be required to pay. That’s gonna be a “no” for me, dawg.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Wired on the project : “‘ ICE Is Everywhere’: Using Library Science to Map the Separation Crisis.” The former: Purdue University ; the latter: Kaplan University. ” There’s more immigration news in the courts section and in the “labor and management” section below.

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Education Technology, Betsy DeVos, and the Innovation Gospel

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The rescinding of documents outlining the rights of students with disabilities. Media Source, a company with several library-related products, including the publication School Library Journal. The rollback of Obama-era guidance on Title IX and sexual assault. The reversal of Obama-era guidance on transgender policies.